EIY arigd Atgistir• THE CITY How Helloed returned home from his Southern tour on Saturday night. Leg&latire. 7 -A bill has been introduced into the Leghllature to Incorporate the Fountain Home Hotel Company of Al!mutual]. There wero four hundred and forty lodgers •at the Station Hoene diking the month of &ulna- - 'Don's Fbrget Talmage's Lecture, to-morrow evening, at the Court House.' Subject— " Rocks on which people spilt." Little IVillie has received his promised ap pointment to a cadetship In the U. S. Naval Academy. Humorous Lecture. " Josh Billings," (floury W.. Shaw) the great humorist, will lecture In the Coutt Mouse, In this city, on Tuesday even ing, the 25d Inst. Subject—" Milk." Washington's Birthday.—The Banks will he closed on Monday, February Ind nest, it being a legal holiday. Totes maturing on the Intl will by law fall done on Saturday and must be attended to then. German School.--;-All the boys desiring to 'attend the German school In the Second Ward, next Saturday, arc requested to come In the morn ingat 9 o'clock and all the girls In the afternoon at 1 o'clock, so that Prof. Kremp can superintend both departments. Special Announcement.—The concert of the COntinental Old Folks, on Saturday evening, will be given. for the benefit of the America Hose Company. This Company has been moderate In Its solicitations of contributions from on citizens and we hope their benefit on this night in, no well patronized. Job Work of every kind, and at prices to suit the most economical, can be had at TIM REGISTER office at short notice. Wear° prepared to compete with New York canvassers In the matter of printing envelopes and note paper. IVIly not patronize home industry ? Wedding cards a specialty. The Water Works.—The question whether the City authorities shall purchase the seater works, mains and all the rights and privileges of the old Water Company, Is to be decided by a vote of the people at the coming City election. We would be glad to have an Interchange of opinion upon this ImportantsubJect through the columns of the REGISTER. Concert.—The Second Grand Concert by the choir of St. John's English Lutheran Church, will be given at the Court House, on Monday evening, Fchnmry Sad, under the leadership of Prof. C. F. Hermann. Among the artists who will perform' on this occasion are Charles Boettger, of Philadel phia, cornetist ; John J. Romig, violinist ; A. Ettinger, pianist. Novel Entertainment. The Continental Old Folks, Father Kemp's old tribe, will visit Al lentown, and give two of their popuhtr concerts at the Court House on Friday and Saturday evenings, February ]9th and 20th. They will appear in the quaint costumes of " ye ancient times," illustrat ing the songs, melodies and customs of that period. Go early to secure a seat, as their well-deserved celebrity will draw big houses. Vales tines Day—oerather the occasion- was used more extensively than for many years past. Everybody who had a spite against anybody else sent some vile one to those Whom they hated— while all the boys *under 19 years who arc +poorly on some pretty girl—invested all their loose stamps In the effort to satisfy their adored ones. Some ladies received as many as 10, but in these cases both the ladies and - the valentines - were very halal some. Notice to Subscribers.—Our subscribers are requested to remember that tVe have purchased the subscription books of Tae REGISTEIt aim and set tlement of all back as well as advance subscriptions must be made at this office. We have authorized no ono to collect for us.. We give this notice, not as a dun, although money is always acceptable, but for the purpose of having our subscribers pay their Indebtedness into the right hands when they are ready to settle up. Anniversary of the Goethian ,Society.—The Goethian Society, a German Literary Society of Muldenburg College, celebrated Its first anniver sary, at the Court House, on Thursday evening last. The large hall was filled with an Intelligent and appreciative audience which manifested Its Interest by oft ,repeated applause. After the opening exercises by the Rev. S. K. Brobst, ten of the memberS delivered as many original and se lected essays, recitations, &c. While , it would be unfair to particularize among so many good efforts, we cannot refrain from expressing our admiration of the ability manifested by all, especially as this was the first time that the Society has given a public entertainment. Some few remarks by Dr. G. Kellner, of Phila delphia, and Rev. Prof. Wilken, Of Honesdale, _closed the evenings entertainment. • Lecture.—Rev. Solomon Ncitz, Presiding Elder of the German Evangelical Church, will de liver a lecture in German in the Evangelical Church, on Linden street, above Ninth, in this city, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 17th, for the benefit of the Sabbath School of sold Congregation. The subject chosen is—" Das Grosse Weltgericht am Wellende." Mr. Neltz is one of the most eminent nod popular of pulpit orators connected with the Evangelical church, and is capable of handling his subjects with a master hand. Pos sessing great powers of elocution and widely re puted for the judgment he displays In his selections for.the entertainment of his hearers, Rev. Neltz will 'no doubt make an address in this city that will not only be entertaining but edifying. Tick ets of admielon, 25 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock lecture commences at 8 o'cloCk. An Assurance. —Some persons have' ex pressed their belief that Tits REGISTER gives such an extraordluary amount of reading limiter awe only for the purpose of increasing Its subscriptiup list, and that after we run up our list a thousand more, it will be covered with pictures of huge stoves, cows, horses, boots, shoes, etc., and our' reading matter will suffer in con ijuence. Af course wo must have advertisements to make the establishment 'my, and we will disfigure the paper by Illy executed engravings as little as pos sible, but our subscribers need net fear that we will not give them all the reading they require. If our reading mutter is encroached upon by adver tisements, we will not only raise our advertising rates, which will Induce advertisers tocontruet for less space, but will Increase the length and num ber of our columns. Now Is tile time. for titer: chants to make advertising contracts for the year, while our rates are so law. If we have too heavy a rush upon us we will make THE RIX:INTER the largest paper In the Lehigh Valley. Since we have assumed the management of this paper the number of new subscribers booked by its has ex ceeded our most sanguine expectations. We In• vite everybody to send In their names. We have room for all. Building Amociations.—At the annual elec tion forofrieers of the Lehigh Loan and Building Association, held last Wednesday evening, the fol lowing of were elected to serve the ensuing year:— President, George B. Seliull ; Vice-Prei dent, Aaron G. Rennlng,er ;. Treasurer, Joshua Stalder ; Secretary, George W: I lart zell ; Directors, Lewis Klump i George W. Hartzell, Leopold Kern, James 11, Bush, John F. Bohlinger, J. S. Dlffinger, Joshua Schnurman, John B. Moser, Herman ffituon, J. E. Zimmerman, Charles Wagner, Aaron Troxell. Five loans sold at a premium of $6O ; five at $61.25; and two at $5l. At a meeting of the Penn Land, Limn, f3aviug and Building Association held In Relmer's Hall, fourteen loans were sold at the following pre :lll=s, to wit :—three at $75 ; seven at $74.50 and four at $67. Au election of officers to serve for the ensuing year, was also held. The following:tamed gentle men were elected :—Preztitml, Col. George Beisel ; Vice Presided, Robert Steckel; Treasurer, J. P. Baines ; Secretary, William B. Deshler ; Directors, Charles Hagenbueb, Charles Christ,'Nothatt Gcr- . man, Thos. Steckel, Tilghman Osumi, C. K. Heist, Stephen Dornblaser, Conra.l4'nfr, Solomon Butz, Daniel Troxull, Amos Good and Nathan Metzger. Velocipede candyli3 the newest tiling ont We hope It In not wi.rlicd with the feet. The Lutheran Paatorat Conference or the discussion of doctrinal questions met in St. Ppiars German Church In this city last week, and was attended by a largo number of clergymen from Lehigh, Norttuftupton, Carbon, Monroe,l63tl ad joining counties. Six questions In regardtiVatt. version were discussed in an instructive' and edify ing manner. On Wednesday evening Rev. E. C. Bauer, of Lehighton, delivered a very able and truly Scriptural set mon on the same subject tq an unusually large and attentive congregationi4Jl took for his text Ephesians 4": . German Preaa Ameorialtm.—The Associa, tion of the German Press of Pennsylvania, con sisting of German editors, publishers, authors, clergymen, professors, school teachers, and other educated Anen, held its annual meeting in the Court House on Inst . Thursday. This was by far the largest and most interesting meeting the IMO elation has had since its organization seven years ago. Rev. S. K. Brobst presided, and W. Rosen thal, Esq., of Reading, acted us Secretary. The object of the Association Is to improve and eleviite the Gordian press, and to pro Mote the cause of education • among the German population of the State. The questions discussed at the meeting here related principally to the introduction of German as a branch of study into our public schools, and the connection of the Pennsylvania German dialect with the various dialects spoken by the people of Germitny. Both subjects- were very ably discussed by numerous German scholars be longing to the Association. Court ProiYedinga.—At an Argument Court held last week, by Judges Longaker, Laury and Fry, the following cases, not before reported, were disposed of: In the matter of the citation es. Anne Berger, administratrix of Thamaqißerger, dec'd, Feb. 10, 869. Case dismisied and respondent pay the cost It the mattor-of the petition of Lydia Dover, to restr in the execution of a Judgment of the. Court of C. mon Pleas of Lehigh county In case No.: 8, • 2 4. term, 1801, and for the support of the said Dover, April 1865, the Court granted a rule Upon William R. Haworth, to show cause .why he should not provide a reasonable support for the said Lydia Dover, according to the terms In the Will. Sept. 14th, 1805, demurrer, plea and an swer filed by defendant. March 12, 1867, R. E. Wright, Esq., appointed master to report filets and form of decree. Feb. 10, 1869, not to be put upon the argument listuntil so ordered. In the matter ?the citation vs, James A. Kramer, acting execut of Chas. Kramer, deed', awarded Aug. 2, 18 . Feb. 10th, 1869, case called and citation di barged by agreement of counsel. In the natter of the citation vs. Henry Croll, guardia . Rule granted Sept. 10, 1868, on the said gun dian, to show cause why lie should not give counter security. Rule returnable to next term. Continued and alias citation awarded. In the matter of the auditor's report on the ac count of James E. Christ, executor ofJacob Christ, dee'd and of James E. Christ, administrator of the estate Or'Salomo Christ, dec'd. exceptions tiled.— Argued and held under advisement. In the matter'of the report of viewers, appointed to lap nut a road in Washington towlisidp, passing over lands of Jacob Kern, Stephen Kern, Ilenry Williams and others, tiled May 6, 1869. Excep tions died, Oct. 26, 1867. Feb. 5, 1865, argued and held under advisement. In the matter of the report of viewers, on a road in Veiscnburg township, to begin in a public road lately laid out leading from the house of the late Soldmon Rupp, deed, and to end In a public road leading from Selpsville to Claussville, Ate. Excep tions tiled Dee. 26, 1868. Feb. 9, 1869, exceptions sustained and report set aside with leave to present a new petitiOn. In the matter of the petition of certain citizens, of Welsenburg township, praying for the removal of the - School - Directors, of F aid township — , Feb. 4, 1868. Rule granted upon the Directors, to show cause why they should not be removed, returnable April 7, 1868. Feb. 9, 1869 by agreement the peti tion is dismissed at the cost of the petitioners. Solomon Fries ,o. Solomon Butz. Certiorari, Oct. 7, 1868, No. 5. Feb. 9, 1869, argued and held 'under advisement. Amy P. _Brun Cr is. Andrew G. Bruner, divorce Nov. Term, 1862, No. 30. Oct. 3, 1808, rule granted to show cause why the attachment should not be set aside, proceeding to stay in the mean time. Feb. 9, 1869;'rule made absolute, by agree ment of the parties. • The Thomas Iron Company es. Moses Sc:lnnoyer . and Philip Sehmoyer, rule to open Judgment.— Jan. term, No. 96, 1809, argued and held upder advisement. Franklin M. Kramer cs. John C. Kramer, April 7,1811 S, No. O. Role to show cause why the at tachment in excretion should not be dissolved and writ set aside. Feb. 11, 1869, rule discharged by nirreemmnt of counsel. Jane Tolan es. Win. Dobbins, June term, 1868, No. 41. Rule on plaintiff to show cause of action and why the attachment should not he dissolved. Feb. 10, 1869, argued and held under advisement. John F. Steadman rs. William Miller, April to rm, 1868, No. 75. Rule to show cause why Judgment should not be entered against defendant for want of sufficient Olldavlt of defence. Feb. 10, 1869, submitted without argument and held under advisement'. Peter Laubach 11. C. L. Knuusr, Oct. 7, 1808, No. :28. Rule on4JaintllT to sliow cause why at tachment should not be quashed. Feb. It, 1868, Rttle made absolute and plaintiff pay the casts. Tilgionau 11. Good m. Peter H. Bernd and Ed win R. Cruder, No. 7, April term, 1808. Rule to shoo' cause why the attnehmeM to keetition should Ale dissolved. Fe 1800 , rule Made obsOlute iTeousent of the parties. Crluh Meilich, Reuben Kneedler, et al. consist ing of the Lutheran Congregation of Solomons Church of the German ReformeAl Congregation of Millerstown, Lehigh widy, In behalf of them selves and the 1 , 11111 Lutheran congregation and as many members of Paiii congregation,as ly may become parties plaintiff vs. Rev. Alfred Croll, Joseph Gamer, Daniel Moyer, John Yen. inoyei, William Whinier, John Maddern and George Hammon, defendants. In equity Jan. term, 1869. Motion for preliminary InJ unction.— Feb. 1 Ith, preliminary injunction refused. • It seems the Rev. Alfred Croll, being a member ,of the new Lutheran Synod and being employed to preach for the Lutheran Congregation, found opposition in some of the members of the said con gregation, w h o applied for a writ of Injunction to restrdu•hiut front preaching. After hearing the testimony and arguthents of counsel, the Court re fused to grant the injunction asked for. E COUNTY LECITItIi AT CATASAUQUA.—Prof ;M. L. Stoever, of Pennsylvania, will deliver a lecture, under the auspifts of the ,Library Association of eatasauqua, on Saturday evening, February 20th. Subject:—" Washington." The Library Asso ciation In composed of the pupils of the High and Grammar Sehoole, and the proceeds will be devoted to the enlarging of the Library. San Fin E.- 0 .11 last Friday night, the two story log house of John Froy, In Wolsenberg township this county, was with all its contents, destroyed' by tire, which it is thought originated front a stove pipe. The faintly hail barely time to escape and lost their wearing apparel. Two of the children, who were sick with measles, were carried from the house In 411 W-clothed condition. The loss falls heavily upon :Mr. Fry as there was no insurance. DitomMEAD MunnEit.—Judge Shore wood, on the nth, while sitting 'at chambers lu Philadelphia, was applied to by the counsel In the ease of Brooks and Orme, • now under sen tence of death for the murder of Thomas Broad head, at Delaware Water Gap, for a writ of error, the application being based upon the point that the fact of Mr. Broadhead being a citizen and attempt ing to make an arrest reduced the crime to man slaughter: The Judge decided to hear the argu ment on Mdrch 1. There are some features in this case which promise to give rise to trouble. These men were sentenced on January. 2, and they were given front that ,timid until February 2 to assign reasons why the death Warrant should not receive the signature of the Governor. Governor Geary on Thursday morning received official in formation' from , the'Suprerna Court of application for a writ of error and ban accordingly withdrawn his warrant, which fixed February 26 as the day of execution. "ittAt'ESTA'rE S=G6oll"a: Rile,' teal cstato agente,bavo sole Noll, 30,82, 33, 34 and 33 of tho J. W. Grubb tract, to Philip Miller for $960. Nikrtxtow, gaqa , E.-!-Bii. Mahlon Gellman, reldding, at Mlllertitoaka, o 9 Thursday night litst was aroused from his sleep by a suffocating sensa tion, when to his surprise ho found he had swal lowed a rubber plate contalnlng, sip teeth, which bad lodged In the Esophagus beyond the reach of the fingers, causing Intense suffering. Dr. Wm: D. Erdman was called to attend the case and removed the pinto with n pale 'of Esophagus orceps, thus saving the life of the sufferer. ACCMENT.—A lA. days since, yr. Aaron Siegfried, of Colesville, in Upper Saucon, met with a narrow escape from death. Ile was engaged In carting ore from the Zinc'mlnes at Friedensville to the works at South Bethlehem, and whilst going up the road with a load, and making the mountain descent, in an effort to mount the saddle horse, he slipped down between the hind span and was trod den upon and badly injured. Fortunately lie fell In such a position that the wagon passed over him without Inflicting any additional harm. As it is, his situation hromo:idered a critical one.—Nces, SPLENDID CAR/I.—Jackson k Sharp, of Wil mington, Del., have Just completed two splendid silver palace cara for the Central Transportation Company, which are Intended to run between New York anti Chlimgo, over the Pennsylvania Central and t liwPittstairg, Fort Wayne and Chicago roads. The cam are each fifty-eight feet hi length, :nut nine feet six Inches in width, and arc painted an elegant dark brown on the ontsble, and will each accommodate forty-eight passeng&s. They are worth about $15,000 each. The same firm roe building. live others for the carte company. . WAUES IN EMU:ANIL—The following is; all authentic schedule of the average wages paid to skilled workmen in Manchester, England. The rates in other manufacturing towns of the kingdom are substantially similar. The wages arc for a week of 57! hours work: , Fitters mot erectors Turners nod borers Grinders Patten' makers Coppersmiths... Planers Blotters sod simpers. Brash moulders.. Iron moulders... Ordinary sinitlin Bollersmiths Boilermakers Rivetters Helpers Strikers 31;t3CELLANE0178.—MCIISiCS kifet'e prevailed nt Fogelisollle; and for miles arou n d, to an aldrtn- Int; extent. Some of the teachers In that neigh borhood worn almost compelled to close their schools for*tit of scholars. It is rumored that the Lehigh Valley Railroad will either purchase the North Pennsylvania road or build one to Philadelphia themselves. • Mr. 11. Correll has put up eight houses In Fogels \lite since the latter part of last sumther. The first house over built In Reading was built In 1749.• It was ineorponiled as a borough In 1783, and as a city In 110 7. The population In 1840 was 8410; In 1850, 13,74:1; in 1853, 17,000 ; In 1860, 23,000 ; and nou, In 1869, it may lie set down nt 45,000.—Excluinge. We have never heard of that 'imam before. How many acres does It covert 45,000 is a pretty large population forum house. Tholmhigh Valley Railroad Is now completed to Tunkhannoek, thus making the road over 130 miles in length. It is, expected that next year tIM line will be extended to Waverly, N. Y., about sixty miles from Tunkhannoek.. A lodge of the order of Knights of Pythias was formed at Catasanqua last night. • —I 54857-the-New-Jersey-Central-Rail road-t nuts ported 291,791 tons of coal, In 1868, 1,618,645 tons, an Increase of 1,324,054 tous. Iu 1855 the Lehigh Valley Company carried 9,063 tens, 1868, 2,225,- 630 tons, en Increase of 2,216,567 tons. ShipMents of Iron over North Penn. Railroad from Ilellertown, by the Suwon Iron Company, foi.week ending Feb. 6, 1869: North South MB Report of Coal transported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the week ending Feb. 6, 1869, compared with nante time last year : For Week. For Year. Tot al Mahanoy 2,672 10 15,697 18 " Hazlet on • "0,870 00 188,350 10 " Upper Lehigh 782 09 3,477 14 " Bearer Mead Ow... 3,328 07 69,490 17 " Wyoming 12,041 02 85,232 02 .39,673 09 373,351 00 =Ell =Ml===tEL=ll=l 6,516 04 29,902 09 Increase Lehigh Paley Pun Trade.—Pig Iron tntnsported by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. for the week ending Felt. 6, 1860; TWIN. ..190 9,080 Frew Carbon Iron Co Lehigh Valley •Iron 10,890 Thomas Iron Co 335 36,070 Lehigh Crane Iron Co • 100 32,535 AllentownlronCo "45 35,405 Roberts Iron Co 145 10,605 Glendon Iron Co 855 [54,674 .500 20,515 Other Shippers OE • A Cal RAL OFFER FROM THE APPLETONS. —The establishment of libraries by charitable en dowment, or the co-operation of intelligent, pub lic-spirited citizens, is a subject that should re ceive general attention. As a purifier of morals, a means of popular education, a relief of crowded prisons and almshouses, a direetpromoter of the Peace, happiness, and wealth of communities, the public library ranks with the church and the school. It appears, from signs croppifig out here and.there, especially In the West, as if the dints were propitious for tht furtherance of this great work. Such, at least, is the'conviet ion entertained by D. Appleton '& Co., who have received, recent ly, many inquiries from different States, asking to he Informed as to the best method of founding libraries, mind selecting hooks. In response to the wide-spread feeling thus shown to exist upon the subject, and to give It al/powerful Impulse, they have determined to offer a direct and substantial encouragement for the formation of public librar ies in all parts of the United States. The plan which they propose is, in scope, liberality, and precise adaptation to the beneficent end sought to be accomplished, unparalleled in the history of public enterprises. It Is as follows: The Appletons offer to give free, what may he called the foundation for libraries everywhere. They will present to each club of persons desirous of formlng . a public library a complete set, in 16 volumes. their standard New American Cyelo pmdia. s great national work, the only publi- . cation of the kind, Is one which organizers of li braries usually buy first of MI hooks, because It is the one toed' often consulted by persons of all classes and vocations, in search of reliable infor mation on all kinds of topics. Sixteen large mom) volumes, containing many thousand pages of the most valuable rending-matter, for the purchase of which they would ordinarily spend their money, they therefore recede for nothing. In one sense, the Cyclopaalla is In itself a library ; so that from the start, the Clubs will have the , better part of what they wanted for nothing. The only return asked by the donors for this munifieentgitt Is, that the Club shall'proeeed to raise and expend not less than five Impdred dollars to buy other books. In other words, that the Club shall !Mild the super* structure on the founthttion laid by the Appletons. In the selection of suitable books by Lunde experi enced for n i nny years in the making of libraries, the Appletons will render all the assistance re quired, and supply the hooks, with the,ustml dis count. The Cyclopedia, thus becomes literally a gift. ' This extraordinary plan,'so far as it has been submitted to the: judgment of individuals, meets with unanimous approval. When it comes to be generally known; It cannot fail to elicit prompt recognition and thankful acceptanee from the in habitants of hundreds of ehles, towns and villages, 1p the United States. For full Particulars of Plan, nthlrets D. Apple tou & go., New :York..: • —A man (?) named' Force was forcibly taken by .the (Inimitable before An Alderman In Philllpsburgh tbe other daypr cruelty to his horse. — . A clerk in Eaatint bit his tongue half off last Sunday, falling over ri stool. ~ . .. • OUR.NEIGITBORS John Loeser, a hand employed at Latter's brewery, fell Into it vai of boiling water on Wed nesday afternoon and was so shockingly scalded that he died the next mcining from the effects of his injuries. He had a fiii4ly in Germany, whom lie was about making arrajgements to bring to this country. "IL' Last Sunday morning Samuel Wise aged about TO years, w. 1 ., found dead In the barn yard of David lining In Lower Ifeldleberg tOwn ship, Berke county. —The Reading Joirna/ has added a mam moth Taylor Cyllude• press to its printing ma chinery. I= Our Easton corrspondent sends us the following grins of Item: Easton Ity LadTheatriCal Company musing the pcdße al the week. The N. J. Cent'al Railroad have added to their rolling stock V new andpowerful engines. A train of evapt: coal cars were wrecked last Saturday Springown. The cars were piled on each oiler as high as the freight hove ; fortunately, n.body hurt. The latest (loth . ° among the ladles of Easton, Is to have wa3 hyacinths In their parlor windows. They pass 'or natural to the passers by ; bat it is a very pow way of getting credit for (lower-eulture. The revival in the M. E. Church (Rev. .llr. Cook's) still routines \ with nnubated Interest. Seventeen persons lime already united with the Church. Other rethilti are noticed In Haehetts town, Belvidere, and Htrmony. —The Y. 31. C. Alsocintion linve gone to work. Their room IA how *thrown open to the public, and they contmplate a series of union prayer meetings In Pole's Opera House. —Chicken thieves are very numerous just now. There seems to lie about two thieves for every ehlekeu In town. They are provident ras cals, looking to the Ender supply of eggs, but perhaps they are no wore than the otherxpecntatorg who are fort,talling tin market. —The Odd Fellows are to have a fair and festival this week, that s to he the grainiest hold In Easton for a long tim•. We fear, however, the voting business is being run in to the ground.— There are ahout 20 dilfe•ent articles to be voted for. This is giving us a suffelt of universal suffrage, per capita tax of 28 ems. 26s to .86:, 2114 to :t6:, 30ti to 3t.ts 3t:s to 34,‘ tt2tt to 33s 22s to 26s 18s to 25s 268 to :Pis 36s 26s to 38. 38s 36s to 40s 3 . 2,8 16s to 20s 18s to 21s Der. Dr. Talmar is announced to lecture ere In a few weeks. las, if It were only a circus, ow It would pay. The Allen townsiip Presbyterian church lately Rey. Leslie Irwil's), has called Rev. J. D. ircwiton, a young mar of Rucks county,•to Its astorate. =l= —A large new bell has recently been pro cured and put up in Cie • Lutheran Church at Swamp, New Hanover township, Montgomery county. It was cast a Troy, N. Y., is of bet` metal, and weighs 1,500 pounds with all the fix tures, the bell itself welshing 1,000 pounds. St will be dedicated on Sunlay, the tilith lust. —The statement of the Commissioners of Montgomery county, of their operations fitr 18418 Is quipPfavorable.. The lebt of the county is being wiped out rapidly, and CM he paid of in a year or so, being now not over :50,000. The Pottstown Ledger says, "The wist policy of our Commis sionenyduring the war', it levying anti arntnglng their taxes, can now fold: be seen, and is generally acknowledged." But [h. policy of the Commis sioners, as the Ledger mutt acknowledge, If it were honestly neutral, was tot .t policy of wisdom but a Polley of spite. The fitment Three Per Cent. Tax was levied, not in the ibletists of the tax-payers, but in the interests of Rebel lon,for_the purpose_ot making the burden heavy ind that war measure odious. The Democratic pleb.' in that county may thank its stars that Its intetcons did not succeed, for by a cheerful payment cedilla tax the gigantic Court House swindle has brim buried among old Musty records, and the tax-toyers will never know how many imndreds of th wands they have paid for building that 1111,3(.6 . 1dr .4 botch." Let it rest in in peace, say we, thr Itnul , horn Inn mt.- managementm only on the part o hose who gave out the Job, but the Three Per Coin Tax must not be for gotten. Mel EWE —Cooper, the " Isllipic Hoy Fork" swin dler, purporting to represan Smith, Clark it Co., of New York, is shown ni by several neighboring papers. We learn that tie note he bad here, with the name of Peter S. Lehi!, of New Unilever, at tached to it, is a forgery, dr. Leidy never having signed any such note. It, visited Mr. John Lin derman, in l'ottsgrove toil:v.111p, and tried to tiny two cows, and get them inlay without paying the money. This Mr. Linden:tan declined to let hint do, when he told Mr. 1.. abig story about his deal ing with a Pottstown menhant, to whom he had paid thousands of dollar. Ile was obliged to leave, however, without iftecting the swindle on Mr. Linderman. The nseal Is probably plying Ms trade In some of our neighboring counties at this . time.—Pottiamisi Ledor. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Messrs. Editors yotr paper of last week I notice that a law Is passel Increasing the pay of the County Treasurer. the people of the county had no notice of such. peition having been pre sented, or they would hav3 nullified it. If the compensation of lie Treasurer was insuf ficient, he could have reigned. Others would have been glad to have b l ear his place. But I object to the manner of t &hip being done In this county with regard to lays to be passed. There seems to be a clique abint •he Court House who manage such affairs, and they scent to have our Legislatures at their hamitotecond may thing they may ask. No notice is given ill the trap is sprung. The Comity Commissioners, too, arc having things their own way. Tim was when the high est charge of a Commissloael was about £.BO per year. Now three dollars ade Is allowed, and to swell the amount to about 010, they must go to work and erect a County Piton by day work, with a platoon of superintendents Ind supernumerarlgs, and an engineer. The worklegan about two yeas ago, Mill will probably be Mashed In another. A contractor would have done he work In half the time and for half the money. A front with Lehigh stone, such as went into that building, would have been etituilly,substantial andinneh more appropri ate. But brown stone front I distance must be had and dressed in , palatial style, fronting on a remote street of the city. And this at an enormous cost fur at prison to house a lot ofvlialns and scoundrels In. But this Is not sill. Wehave no:ter:4)mA pub lished of those extravagatu expenditures or the expenses of the county geiendly. Accounting (takers scent to have run Li'sr different machines us though they belonged to ttem. MEM Commlssioner,!, of county anhirs, the Govern ment, water and gas compares, all of, these pub lish no accounts. One worth think that•all these concerns belonged to them •cclusively, and that the tax payers were mere onsiders, and had no thing to do with these mutton. INVESTIGATOR. C LTY NOTICES ./. Meted!, corner of Seventh and Lin den streets, Allentown, manitheturer. of Flour, and Dealer in Grain, Feed, koal, Wood, etc., sells coal at Lehigh prices. All 'alleles delivered free of cost. Flo-an t• Scrofula, Salt Itlnnn, Skiamad Pemalt Diseives Mirrontcd ntred.—See trAthionhal SALISBURY TOWNSIIP, Lehigh Co., / Oct. 81. t, 1813$. It Is with a . gmteful feelhg that I feel able to make the following statethett for the, benefit of those who are suffering fron Seriffuht and other Chronic Diseases." My wife mid been suffering for several years from tumors of swellings on her neck which after a time .would father and discharge matter, leaving a running owe. Site had been treated for more than a yttr by most eminent physicians without reeelvine any permanent ben- chit, her disease becoming wsrse, until she had live of these running sores oil ittr neck, when 'I em ployed Dr. 11. D. Longaker under whose treat ment she commeneea to luprove very fast, the sores on her neck to heal, aid nil her unpleasant and disagreeable symptoms gradually to disap pear, until her health was restored, which was In about four months. I fed perfectly Justified, after having tried the treatuent of other physi cians, 14 recommending all :hose who arc suffer ing from Scrofula or Chrmic Diseases to Dr.. Lofigaker for medical treatment, with a dm be lief that they will be satisflea, benefitted and cured thereby, as my wife has iwot (Signed.] Dr. 11. D. Longaker's OffiO3 Is on the East elde of Sixth street between nonillion and Walnut, Allentown. =7 JAMES DARNER Sheet Music, nooks, Music Port Folios, Strings, or anything belonging to a regulnr Music Store, can be had cheaper than anywhere else, at C. F. lierrmann's Music store, , cor. 711 . 1 and Walnut streets, Allentown. Linderman & None Gold Medal Cycloydi and Square Pianos are considered by the moat promi nent musicians In the'cOuntry a first-class Instna !milt In regard to durability, fullness and bril liancy of tone. They sell One Hundred Dollars lower than either Chickerlng's or Steinway's ; arc In every respect as good, Ifuot superior to those, and Are warranted for 5 years. Number of refer ences In affirmation of the „above can he given from citizens of Allentown, Lehigh or adjoining Counties. Come and examine them nt C. F. Herr- Illa Meg Music store, 7th and Walnut. No Ilinepitals,, in Europe or AIIICriCa, have as many Patient,. Dr. WoLVOTT. ro Chatham nquare, N. Y., Whero all can tent, (ITO of cud, ANN - on, for Catarrh, or Wolcott'm PAIN PAINT for the Immedi ate removal of all pain, and certain con• of ill M 0114 1 ,.. Bay NOW' 111111,04 In white wrapper, Juxt rerellY(111 splendid second-11:1ml piano, looks 1111(1 sounds like a new instrument. Price $275, at C. F. Herr man's 31tisie Store; 7th and Walnut Sts., Allentown, Pa. More F.eonio teal, Remarkable Certainty of prompt action, In fart, every good 'quality 1,1 guaranteed for Moi a k. ALLEN'S rinproved foray alylrl Ilnlr He- Maar, or 1.1n,, , 1ng, (ha fast. heittle.l Every Druggist milli. It. Price One Pollan One /hominoid Minix of Haines & Brother, New York, were sold in one year. Not only are they the cheapest piano In the market, ranging from £..1375 to $l3OO, lint have given universal satisfaction throughout the country. Only for sale at C. F. Iferonan's Musk! store, 7th. aunt Walnut. BUSINESS NOTICES .Icleertieho in the ( r ailed Maim—Men • ni lulu thltl nutting eau bledone or a largo r.rate ultirattt advertising. lint they 111,• tllll 1 . 1.,1t1 . 111 , 11 With the newspapers alone. Along the line of every railway and turnpike, the Inside , f tonnibuNes, .11 river and lake •reamers, sill'lrtratalifitirs where building work le going on, mai the thonsaml and our I...fares which great cities and largo towns possess, are rovered into ono end of the year to the other. In char:triers not to be misunder stood, with the lacetrol " lIIT TENS. " Every newspaper AI, open rent/Ouse condensed Paragraph, setting forth the virtues trf this really meri torious article, and everybody's eyes have N.. wearied by porprtnally seeing this celebratcd Ilansrhrh,t Remedy spelled out before therm that In obedience to the design of the advertisements, the minds of the prod. , have acted as desired—answered the announcement, and thus the value of 31ISIILE11 . 8 !TERI! 1117TERS turn, • become known, and its sale grown to be so I11111101”10. 50 per recd. Dividend declared January lab, 1869, by " Thu A nitric,/ n" Life woo rosier romp" y Phi lade ph hr. What doe., this signifyl.. tho.a Insured to the “The ittnerlima Wm"? I. It shows tie prosperity of the Company. NotTith standing the general &Tremolo° felt in nil Ino.ine.os dorhot the ring year. the 'amine, of this Company not , tier Tit tered no 111[111111Tbm, Intl wit. even extended Iwyond the limits of any previonv year. 2. It 1010W8 that the Company doe. a Rap linidne. The reckless accumulntlon of a large 'antihero( new rinkg rig nifiem nothing to the strength of n company or the security of Ito policy-holden, • Only a company that exercises thu Inert rigid scrutiny In accepting risk s ran declare melt div idends as the "American" has for ro man rotowcutive years. a. It 01lows dint the ntralrs or MO Colllpaity are well anage/I. Only the most skillful handling or the fund,. .ntrunted to theta could enable the Trustees to tlerlare so urge 0 dividend, and this Is, after all, the very 1,1.'4 se urity Vint ruin be {(1 , 1011 In the 4. It shows that the Company hove pinred jlll , l ollo•half if ane animal pre:011111 to the credit or Intitudl policy-hold s, which may Ite.um.ol la the payment of future protul• 5. It ~horn that Philadeliddans and renasYl c.d.& need 1101 KO (11thilde of their oIVII City and State to find all that la desirable In any Life Insurance Comianty, and to ..ecuro all possible benefit,. 1411011 g Insured. Why didn't you go Into the " American" last year? See In It that you go lu thin year for their nest dividend. recablent_Georgediatgent-17fcesPre. Went John S. Wilson, ?Pere or), fool Trrorn,r; John C. Sims, Actrifiry. A neighbor of onyx, a short-sighted sort of fellow, /mid the other day that he wonbin't hay elotheo at Oak linll become no nequalotnore of hie Ind once turnout root them IMO didn't atilt him. We tittered for every IMO whom 11 0 amid chow na who lidit'l get nnited, to chow him 0 th!reta who did get multod exactly. And we would oak of any other who may ho urging the same restioiri—lf cast a.•t WOW oeuvre bity'clititheii at - Si ' a than nt any other clothing honey in Philadelphia lon't proof nafticient that all rennounbio poople ran got nulled thin, 771 e Inclement &axon, and itx Effeetxon the Wrak ind Frildr. —The drafts which searchiug cold unities upon the vital powers of the debilitated and delicate are not less severe than the drain npon their strength caused by exces sive loot. The vast disparity' het wts'in temperature ~f over-heated rooms uu,l ~tares, at thin season, and the frig hilly of the outer air, Is n fruitful cause of sick I/I-nr, To fortify the body against the evil consooteures of the sad thin alteration of beat and cold referred to, the vital °num- Ication should be strengthened tool endowed with extra. resistant power by the us., or o wholesome luvigoraut and, of 1,11 preparations for old ,, purpose (whether em braced in the regular phurnutroPia, atilvertiscol tine public joarualw, there iv 110.10 tint Will COUP.' p Urill and excellence with HOSTETTER'S ST0)1ACII BIT ik"lls. Acting directly upon the organ which converts the Mod Into the filet of life, 010 preparation imparts to it a lone and vigor which is Cototioanicated to every fibreof the frame. The diu,,tivo function trill 110 necoleratell by its tonic ,opo rut ion, he liver regulated by its anti•bilions properties, and the waste tastier of the system curried off Palle...llY by its mild aperient actiou, the iv hole organication will moos sanity bunt the hest possible road ition to meet the shocks of winter and the sudden changes of temperature. The weak Mill seasitive, especially, Cilllllot. uncottuter the:4 , 'vicissitudes with gaiety, unless their tender systems tire strengthened and braced by artificial means. Every liquor sold m a staple of trade Is adolterateil, and, were it other wise, mere alcohol is simply a temporary excitant, whicb, when its first effects have subsided, leaves the physical pwers,(anol the mind well ) lit lk won.. eoud Won that, be o fore. HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, on the other hand, rwtalu the esseutial properties of the luting valuable tonic and alterativo roots, barks and herbs, and their active principal is Ono mellowest least to:vita:a, and most itioc nous aIL stimulant, financial ani) Continercial .% i.i.EN 'l'l4 - :4 - 3 - 1. - 61TETS, FEII. 2. l'orrcdod lark Ii IrtiliN/ar imr r, Stirhilrei Wheat Fleur, per bid 3yiLi•ut, per MEE rlthy I. 02121ICEM:11 1:1 BM Eggs, per tlearn, Potatoes, per bushel, Dried Apples, per bushel MM 0 M 1 • PHILADELPHIA cATTLE MAHKET. Feb. is—P. M. ttitat head. There was lquiry for B , eef Pattie toulay. partly owing tit the pooeasr In of the iliforings mai the near Upproilell of tile Lenten sea•iiiu, hat (,rims Kellerally Were troll ILinlillt1111.41; pinks iir prime at fair to goad nt ardiar, oral ea:aorta at ANI, co.i —The market arts moderately . lietcri. alai .alesSPrlligern Were t•tlectoil at Cot. , Ulla al k 7 YlFi. • Sit Kyr. s. 14,00 hial. The, wit. rim able demand for this iSrnrrlttlou of shirk, and Prices were very grin. The Yid.. s ad the Park Yard reachedlo,llo(i head at liaise it tta. gross, and Intl head at the Avenue yard within the tattle range of figures. 3,1.1111 head. 5.L14 , 111 tho el • Wes, it— ported al Iq !AGIN? Im ttis net. NEW.. YORK. PRICE (TIMENT For February illt, INP. Corrected toy J. It. Hel frich, Produce Commission Merchant, No. ir2 Barclay I. Sew York. urrrd:u.-4/range and Stissex County Palls choice 1-1 pi, fat t Chonango, Del. anti Caltaratugits Co's Pall-. rimic••••? 47(a..ki. Du. fair to good, 4,q10. Susque hanna ('a. pail, choice, 45)p.10. Ito.. fur to good, Mimi:. N. State it/title,